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The wife of Oceanside's police chief pleaded not guiltyWednesday to firing one of her husband's guns at officers who weretrying to talk her out of suicide during a three-hour standoff atthe couple's Orange County home.

After Brinda Sue McCoy, 47, entered her plea at the Santa Anacourthouse, Orange County Superior Court Judge Erick L. Larshordered her and her husband to remove all firearms from their home---- including Chief Frank McCoy's service weapon.

Larsh also signed an order that restricts Brinda McCoy, aregistered nurse, from practicing her profession until shecompletes a mental health evaluation.

McCoy faces five felony charges of assault with a deadly weaponon a peace officer and three more of discharging a firearm withgross negligence. She could face up to 58 years in prison ifconvicted.

McCoy has remained free on $250,000 bond since December and isset to return to court in March.

Court documents obtained Wednesday reveal more details about atense standoff with Cypress police officers and show she may havebeen trying to force them to kill her.

At 7:13 p.m., she called the Cypress Police Department and saidshe didn't feel well, but refused an offer of help from paramedics.Instead, she demanded that police come, adding that she was homealone and wanted to be "taken out of her misery."

The phone line then was disconnected.

Officers arrived to find her standing in the front window of hertwo-story suburban home, facing them and holding her husband'ssemiautomatic Sig Sauer .45-caliber handgun to her head, courtdocuments show.

McCoy refused their pleas for her to come outside and she beganpacing inside the house between the front door and front window,sometimes pointing the gun at her own head and other times takingaim at the officers who were trying to talk her down.

The officers took cover behind a truck parked in the driveway---- a Nissan Titan that belonged to the Long Beach PoliceDepartment. Her son is a Long Beach police officer and her husbandwas a commander at that department before he came to Oceanside.

At about 8:30 p.m., McCoy fired a shot at the truck, promptingone officer to report he was afraid for his life and the others atthe scene, according to court documents.

The officers retreated to find better cover.

McCoy later fired a second round that struck a Toyota Prius,shattering its front passenger window. The bullets became lodged inboth of the vehicles.

Throughout the standoff, she made several calls to friends andmay have fired a round inside the house before police arrived,court documents say.

SWAT team officers eventually arrived and took over.

At 10:23 p.m., she stepped outside. SWAT officers shot her inthe chest with a beanbag shotgun and arrested her, the documentsaid. No police officers were injured during the standoff.

Records show she was taken to a local hospital for evaluation,then moved to a psychiatric hospital.

Cypress detectives have since combed through her phone recordsand obtained warrants to search the McCoys' home and the twovehicles she shot.

On Wednesday, McCoy faced Judge Larsh wearing neat, dark slacks,a matching jacket and a simple white pearl necklace around herneck. She appeared both nervous and subdued, saying little butfrequently glancing over her shoulder at the audience in thecourtroom.

Prosecutor Rebecca Olivieri said Chief McCoy had several guns atthe couple's home in Cypress at the time of the standoff andinsisted they should all be removed. Over defense attorney DavidDiamond's objections, Larsh ruled that Frank McCoy must secure hisservice weapon in his car or at the Oceanside PoliceDepartment.

The firearm Brinda McCoy is accused of firing at officers wasapparently one of Frank McCoy's personal weapons. The OceansidePolice Department issues only 9mm Glock pistols, said Lt. LeonardMata, the department's spokesman.

Chief McCoy was working Wednesday and was not at the hearing. Inaddition to his decades-long police career, McCoy was a Cypresscity councilman and mayor.

His wife has been a registered nurse since 1992, according tothe California Board of Registered Nursing. She had noted on herFacebook page she worked at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach.